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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19

termina! hudor shoot Of the cutting. i'm.
mediaeely pc or change to richer soil that
has 1000 Tor the plant, or it will lose
Strength. Rompt planting must be given.
Shsae thecuttings for the first day or
two until th' first shock of the change is
over Ever rose geraniums, which seem
made OF SUI, are the better for few hours
shading Wien cut. The sun will dry and
Kill the n'wly.cut slips or injure and
weaken then. Seeds and cuttings never
start peter than under shades of oiled
paper tied oer the pot or tackled on the
pots. For pen ground, frames with oiled
cotton ceve4 should be used to protect
tender cutti1gs from changes of tempera.
ture. cuttings Of quick growing, herba.
ceous plant, like heliotrope, verbena,
phlox, alterAntheras, root quickly, chrys-
anthemums tsoonest of oil. Nearly all
plants root Jest in Spring, still there is no
month whel cuttings cannot be rooted with
care: Choose cuttings when the plant is
most vlgonus. With all cuttings from
herbaceousor woody plants, the rule must
be to Keep tie roots warm and the top cool.
Almost any shoot or slip will grow set in
moist sand 'ver pipes hot with the top kept
in cool air. This forces the roots into
growth. while the top keeps alive, but
dormant. i both are in the heat, the
plent Is drawn, puuy, and soon willis after
promlslnegrowth. A box over pan of
nos water U bricks, in cool room where
the sun phys freely but does not strike the
plants, Is IS good start for cuttings as
can be fond.
70 not Jet shrubs OF trees too deep or
giv( them rich manure in planting. A good
many I'm, shrubs are killed every season
by o!er.goodness. Watered, shaded, and
watched daily, good many shrubs ore
lost ever when set with tenderest care in
large hobs, filed with every sort of rich
ness and With manure about the collars.
Old melloweeil from pasture or garden is
dozen time better for plants to root in,
even it theyhave no manure until Winter.
The Gard4er's Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19

A GOOD old church deacon in Michi-
gan, who was tempted into dabbling 8
bit in wheat, picked up the paper one
morning and read: "a more hellish
feeling developed in the market yester-
day." The editor had written "bull-
ish," but the good old deacon laid the
paper right down and went to the tele-
phone and said to his broker: "Sell
me out at once for whatever you can
get. I have been expecting something
like this for long time, and I don't
propose to have old Satan walk in on
me. "-Wdll Street Ne,us.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
THE GARDEN.
Garden. Hints.


For roofing, the best cutting of plant
is shoot of new growth just before il
grows woody at all or fibrous, but will snap
off clean without strings. This should
have three buds if possible, though one
leaf and leaf bud will start with good care.
Roots start from the bud at the base of the
leaf sooner than from any other part.
Take off the leaves for an inch or two and
stick the cutting in sand to the lowest bud.
Cuttings should be kept entirely fresh until
planted by setting them in water or by
wrapping them lightly in a moist cloth.
The loss of their sap by evaporation before
or after setting is their death.
Cuttings folded in wet moss. with waxed
or oiled paper around them, will go week
or more in condition if done up as soon as
out 1t is we'll to water and sprinkle the
whole plant thoroughly the evening before
taking off slips and cut in the dew. At
least water and shade an hour before cut
ting SO that the plant may be in fullest
vigor. Keep the pan of water, wet sand,
or moist cloth at hand to receive the cut
tings as made.
Boxes three inches deep, half filed with
sand and light mixture of fbry soil or
earth mould, faced off with an inch of
pure sand, make good cutting boxes when
q number are to be struck. For few cut
tings the best thing is six-inch flower Eot,
the drain-hole plugged with a cork, two
inches of crooks laid in and porous pot
half the size or less set within the larger
one and kept full of water. Between the
rims of the two pots, which should be on
a level, the space is filed with sand in
which the cuttings are set against the outer
rim and we'll wet. The draining from the
inside pot of water keeps the cuttings
always moist and they hasten to root.
Sand is best, being easy for the tender
root-threads to enter and free from decay
ING particles. When the first roots are
made known by the freshening of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
THACKERAY IN A'PARLs GREEN
ROOM,

Now, with blush upon my damask
cheek, I come to the adventures of the
day. You must know I went to the
play with an old comrade, Roger de
Beauvoir, an ex-dandy and man of let
tiers, who talked necessarily during the
whole Of dinner time, as I remember,
though I can't for the life of me recall
what he said. Well, we went together
to the play, and he took me where
William would long to go, to the
green-room. 1 have never been in
French green-room before and was not
much excited. But when he proposed
to take me up to the loge of beauti-
full young actress with sparkling eyes
and the prettiest little retroa1se nosey-
posey in the world. I said to the regis
sea1r of the theater LEAD Cd" and we
went through passages and upstairs to
the loge, which is not a box, but Oh!
gracious goodness, dressing-room!
She had just taken off her rouge, her
complexion was only thousand times
more brilliant, perhaps, the pelgnolr OF
black satin which partially enveloped
her perfect form only served to
heighten, etc. which it could but partial
ly do,etc. Herlips are really as red, etc.,
and not covered with paint at all. Her
voice is delicious, her eyes, Oh! they
flashed, etc, upon me, and felt my,
etc., beating so that could hardly
speak. I pitched in, if you will permit
me the phrase, two or three compli-
ments, however, very large and heavy,
Of the good old English sort. and Oh!
mon Dieu! she has asked me to go and
see her. Shall I go, or sha'n't L? Shall
I go this very day at o'clock, or shall
not? Well, I won't tell you; will
put up my letter before 4, and keep
this piece of intelligence for the next
packet. - Unpublished letters of
Thacheray, IN Scriba1er's Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
A SIMPLE RULE.

Comparatively few persons are aware
that the diameter of circle, or pipe
with an area equal to that of any two
other ones, may be found by means OF
nothing but the square corner of a
board and rule, without the aid of
anv calculation. The process consists
simply in laying off the two diameters
on two edges of the board and measur-
ing diagonally from one to the other:
If carpenters square is handy the
process is reduced to the simple diagonal
measurement. In case there are three
or more pipes to be led into one, any
two of them may be converted into an
equivalent one, and this one may be
added to the other.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19

put out one paw and took hold Of tho
slde OF the basket, then as carefullv
repeated the action with the other
paw then drew itself up, and with a
v1o,en1 ohert flung itself over the side
ana INTO the bottom of the basket. The
neSe moment it was safely drawn ND to
'ne window, amid loud cheers from the
spectators below.-Flore,ece FL. Smith,
IN 81. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
Hints for the Household.

MORTAR and paint may be removed
from window glasses with hot, sharp
vinegar.
REMOVE fower-pot stains from window
stills by rubbing with fine wood ashes and
rinse with clean water.
WASHING pine floor in solution of one
pound of copperas dissolved in one gal
Ion Of strong lye gives oak color.
If mating, counterpanes, OF bed-apreads
have oil spots on them, wet with alcohol,
rub with hard soap, and then rinse with
clear, cold wateu.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
FHE CHILDREN.
bzumn of Good, Whole.
he Reading Especially
for Them.
INTERESTING AND M
STRUCTIVE.
i 10 the Boys-A True Story About
cuqhty Edna-How Poor Puss
Vas Rescued.
Little TRIO story.

was naughty one day, very
4, indeed, for such a little girl
Is / do not like to tell about it.
first place, she did not mind,
On she struck her mamma. Only
of it!
Ina looked at her little daughter
"You must go in the closet, and
ERE until you can bea good girl, "
Edna began to cry as loud as
lid cry; but she took her little
and went into the closet, just
he. It was o dark closet when
br was shut, but mamma didn't
HUT the door. Edna kept on
however.
child" said mamma, pretty soon.
B you to be more quiet" Naughty
kried oil the louder.
Int you hear me ?" asked mamma.
/ you to stop crying this minute. {"
Edna didn't pay the least bit of
bn. She went on crying even
vet, if such a thing were posi-
Mamma hardly knew what to
because, you see, Edna is usually
good little girl.
mamma began to count slowly,
Two, three, four
before she got to ten, something
happened. The old gray kitty,
u all this time been lying quietly
the fire, suddenly jumped up
liked straight into the closet.
lght Edna's wrist between her
ws, and bit and scratched it
y hard, ofcourse. but quite hard
to surprise and brighten the
girl into keeping as still as q
for much as q minute. Then the
y walked back to the mat be-
fire, and curled herself down
ther nap; and not until then did
nd her voice again.
mammal" sobbed she. 20
}, 1 will be good!"
WE'LL" said mamma. trying
Pt to smile; "you may come out. !"
ut of the closet the little girl
ind rushed straight into mammals
will be good." she sobbed
but-but I don't want that old
sing me round all the time,
%
pa laughed then; she couldn't
you mustn't be naughty, dear, +"
L-Iouth's Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
NJ Poor Fuss Was Rescued.

beautiful summer evening, the
of large city were thronged
Pple on their way to the differ
lrches. At o certain corner,
several persons were standing,
apparently into the air. Others
ned them, until SO large a crowd
thered that the way was COM
blocked.
the windows along the street
Fonged with people, and a num-
ersons were seen on the tops of
PES in the neigllborhood.
That do you think they saw ?
Tor dear life to q jutting orna-
lear the top of q tall church
that pointed straight up into
evening air, was a black cat.
ID it get there 2" was the first
every one asked, and Chow
ct DOWN." was the next.
DOR creature was looking down,
fequent intervals it uttered a
~, as if calling to the crowd
help. Once, it slipped and
n,,l
OFT distance down the sloping
he steeple, and an exclamation
ame from the crowd, now in
Interested in its fate. Luckily
paws caught on another pro-
and for the moment it was
'ooker-on suggested that it be
pfder to save it from the more
death that seemed to await it Z;
|ne was willing to fire the shot.
little window some distance
1e place where the cat was
was seen to open. The boys
efmlned to save it; they had
The stairs to where the bell
~ then by a ladder had reached
wv They had taken a board
Them, and they now pushed
" 1t out of the window and
Z" tlll 1t was within reach of the
en' ny encouraging words and
uled to persuade the Great
Up On the plank. Puss seemed
s'a a. and put out one paw,
IL back Immediately; and at
al, one of the boys accident
- : !, HIS hold, the board turned
:, 'he cat would certainly have
'neo to the ground had it
mat means of escape.
~ withdrew the board, and
L ppearlng at the window, were
/ covering basket down the
~ steeple. Pussy, having now
cry watched it intently as it
s. ae nearer and near. When
'''a'a reach, the cat carefully
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
"sHERlDAy,x RIDE"

Sheridan had left Washington on the
morning of Oct Is, 1864, by train, and
passed the night at Winchester, twenty
miles north of the battlefield. On the
morning of the 10Th, he heard the fir
ing of cannon, and sent out to inquire
the cause, but was told it came from q
reconnaissance. At nine o'clock he
rode leisurely to Winchester, not
dreaming that his army was in danger.
After little, he heard again the sound
OF heavy guns, and now he knew what
it must mean. Not half mile from
Winchester he came upon the appalling
marks of defeat and rout. The run
Always from the battle, still in fight.
had got so far as this in their terror.
The trains of wagons were rushing by,
horses and drivers all in confusion, for
there is no worse turmoil in this world
than the fight and wreck of beaten
army. Sheridan had never seen his
own men in this condition before.
He at once ordered the trains to be
halted, and sent for q brigade of troops
from Winchester; these lie posted
across the road to prevent further
struggling. Then he called for an
escort of twenty men, and, directing
his staff to stem the torrent as we'll as
they could, he set off himself for the
battlefield. He rode straight into the
throng of fugitives, in splendid
passion of wrath and determination,
squirting his horse and swinging his hat
as he passed, and calling to the men:
"Face the other way, boys! Face tho
other way!"
Hundreds turned at the appeal. and
followed him with cheers for they all
knew Sheridan.
1t was 10 o'clock before he reached
the field. There he rode about hur-
riedly. glanced ct the position, and at
once determined upon his course. He
rearranged the line of those who were
still unbeaten, and then went back to
bring up the panic-stricken remainder.
And now his presence and personal in
duence told. He was in the full uni
form of Major General, mounted on q
magnificent black horse, man and beast
covered with dust and fecked with
foam; he rose again in his stirrups, he
drew his sword, he waived his hat, and
shouted to his soldiers: eff I had been
there, this never would have happened.
Face the other way, boys! We are
going back!"
The flying soldiers were struck with
shame when they heard him shout and
saw his face blazing with rage and
courage and eagerness for them. They
took up his cry themselves, "Face the
other way" It went on from one to
another for miles-from crowd to
crowd-and they obey the command.
AS the swelling shout went on, the
surging crowd returned. They faced
the other way, and, along the very
road which a covering mob had taken
three hours before, the same men
marched, with the tread of soldiers, to
meet the enemy. They knew now that
they were led to victory.-Ge,s. Adam
Badeaa1, IN st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
A lord to the Bows.

we don't know of any one thing mora
IMAM another which is more essential
ZOE young man or boy to learn than
Tue art OF politeness-the thousand and
Que l1ttle courtesies which 90 toward
making up the sum of human happi-
ness Ii we were to speak of any but
inc most important, we might fill a
small book. The most important are
generally considered to be those which
extend throughout our surroundings in
everyday life. We measure our &C.
qualntances somewhat by their atten-
ton to these things. A well-brel child
Will notice many little deficiencies in
breeding, where one that had been
carelessly instructed will see nothing
unusual. We cannot be too careful of
our attention to these matters. A bow
IN the street, accompanied by lifting
the hat-what is it? A simple mark of
respect to lady. Yet how very un-
gallant and rude man or boy would
be deemed if he passed his friends with
nod. I knew one young boy who
even lifted his hat to his boyish friends.
That was ten years ago. DoIyou think
that he, as rising young lawyer in
Chicago, ever regretted so doing? That
ne enjoyed his play less? No indeed.
We are not so foolish to think that. It
is simply that the majority who do not
attend to these things do it from
carelessness. They are by no means
necessarily ill-bred. They know what
is right, but fail to do it.
Take another of these self-same
courtesies. Introductions. just watch.
for sometimes, all the introductions that
come under you notice. How many
people do it in an easy way? Take
your own experience. Have you ever
failed to catch the name of the party
introduced? The object in introducing
one person to another is to make two
people acquainted who were previously
strangers. If the name of either per-
son is unfamiliar to the other, there is
double reason why they should be
made distinct. Yet in all the introduce
lions through which I have been, in
more than two-thirds of the cases it is
well-nigh impossible to catch the name.
The trouble lies mainly in the great
hurry people seem to be in when 5hey
introduce one person to another. It is
a point we'll worth our attention.
Many young people have an erroneous
idea that politeness borders on affecta-
ton, or is effeminate. 1t is gratifying
to know that they are able to see their
mistake later in life, when they mingle
with the world. We do not often hear the
term now, "a gentleman of the olden
school,"
Let us see what they were Careful
of the peoples feelings; ready to assist
the weak; courteous to all; attentive to
the wants of others-gentlemen in the
highest, truest sense of the word. Is
it then SO nearly forgotten accom-
plishment that persons possessing the
traits are denominated gentlemen of
the olden school?" Has our modern
school of politeness left out these par
ticular branches of learning? For we
have polite men and women, boys and
girls, but does their politeness spring
from the heart? Above all, does the
home find them as attentive to the
wants Of those around them as when
they are abroad?-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
Fillt,.a Up Ho,e. In Irees.


An English forester writes: Far too fire.
quently it happens that in old specimen
hardwood trees the trunks are rendered
unsightly by holes caused either by natural
decay of the wood or an accident, and when
such trees are growing in conspicuous
positions and the wounds near the ground
level, they become most unsightly, and
steps should at once be taken to set mat
tiers right, whether by removing the trees
or filling up such holes in the stems.
Apart altogether from being unsightly,
such holes exercise powerful influence in
causing rottenness throughout the whole
stem in which they occur by forming as it
were inlets for water. To fill up such
experiments we find the following method
of doing so to answer better than any other
previously tried. Scrape out and remove
every particle Of damp, decaying matter
from the hole, fill it with dry, broken
brick-bats, cement the surface evenly over
with the bark, and paint it as nearly the
color of the bark as possible. Several
diseased holes so treated on old oak trees
in the park here could now hardly be
noticed, and have every reason to believe
that from the number of years since the
experiment was tried, and the present
healthy appearance of the trees, the filling
up Of such holes has had a wonderful effect
in staying and arresting disease and rot.
The experiment is both cheap and simple,
so let everyone who has an eyesore of an
oak with holed stem, set about filling
these up at once with old brickbats and
cementing the surface with concrete. Nail
ing piece of zinc over the hole has been
tried, but however carefully this may be
done, dampness is sure to set in and ruin
the stem. Clefts between upright-gro
branches, that are but harbors for rain
water, may be treated similar TO the oaks
above described, and the surface of the
concrete tarred over, this latter having
likewise wonderful effect in keeping out
damp and preserving amputated limbs and
smaller branches from contracting rot.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
AusBANDRY AND nousEwlFERY,
Matters of Interest Relating
to Farm and Household
Management.
Information for the Plovmau. Stuck.
man, Poulterer, Nurseryman,
and Housewife.
THE FARM.
Treating a Ba,kv Hor,..

Treating a Baskv Horse.
A correspondent of an Irish paper makes
tnese recommendations: First, pat the
horse on the neck, examine him carefully,
hrst one side, then the other; if Won can
get him handful Of grass give it to him,
and speak encouragingly to him. Then
Jump into the wagon and give the word 90,
and he will generally obey. Second, TAX
ing the horse out Of the shafts and turning
him around in circle until he is giddy,
Will generally start him. Third, another
way to cure balky horse is, place your
hand over his nose and shut off his wind
until he wants to go. Fourth, then, again,
take couple ofturns of stout Irvine around
the fore legs just below the knee, tight
enough for the horse to feel it; tie in a
bow knot. At the first click he will prob
ably go dancing of. After going q short
distance You can get out and remove the
string to prevent injury to the tendons.
Firth, again, you can try the following:
Take the tail of the horse between the
hind legs. and tie itby cord to the saddle
girth! Sixth, the last remedy know is as
follows: Tie string around the horse's
car close to the head. This will divert his
attention and start him,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19

LET us so use the moments of the
life that is passing that they may win
for us life that will never end,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-19
Fodder Irops.


Dairymen everywhere recognize the inn
portance of providing a full supply of the
most nutritious food for their stock during
winter, as we'll US during the extreme Of
the heated term when pasturage is poor.
More silos will be built the present season
than ever before. The usefulness of this
methed of preserving fresh supply of the
best food for stock Of all kinds has been
proved by repeated tests of several years
duration. John Gould, who has o world
vide reputation as writer, speaker, and
editor OF all matters pertaining to the
DAIRY, thinks at least a thousand silos will
be constructed this season in Wisconsin,
where he las passed much of the winter in
attendance on the various farmers insti.
tutes. About fifty we're built last season,
but the lessons and experience of the past
winter have convinced farmers and dairy
men that in no other way can they reap so
great benefit from farms and diaries as in
providing plentiful supply of sweet
ensilage. Mr.. Gould says Hon. Hiram
Smith, whose name is q familiar household
word in Wisconsin as one of the most sue
cessful dairymen in that State, with the
aid OF 600-ten silo, now keeps 116 COWS on
16O acres of cleared land and sells his but
ter on yearly contract at 80 cents per
pound. With or without silo. by plant
ing goed corn the equal OF six to ten tons of
good hay can be obtained from an acre of
ground.
No reason exists why the dairymen Of
this country should not be prosperous if
they live up to their privileges and make
use of the information that is born of ex-
perience and is given free to all by men
who have made tests of years to confirm
the truths they tell.-ErchUnOe,